Stories by Usman Qureshi

Nikon, the world's leading manufacturer of prosumer cameras has introduced an all new 'HTTP mode' in its latest pro DSLR camera, the Nikon D4. With its inbuilt Ethernet port, it can easily be hooked to a network allowing remote controlling of the camera with an iPhone or iPad. The HTTP mode can also be accessed via an optional...

According to Patently Apple, USPTO has published some new patent applications from Apple today which suggest that Thunderbolt I/O technology is coming to iOS devices. The Thunderbolt technology was originally developed by Intel and was first brought to the market with technical collaboration by Apple. It appears that Apple is now focusing on bringing Thunderbolt to...

A couple of days back, @Pod2g, the hacker behind iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak for A4 devices, announced that his work on the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 untethered jailbreak is almost done and it should be released to the public as early as this week. He also tweeted to his followers that updating to iOS 5.0.1 will be safe...

Heads up guys! @Notcom has just updated his handy SHSH blobs extraction tool TinyUmbrella for Mac and Windows bringing support for the iPhone 4S. With TinyUmbrella 5.10.04 you can save SHSH blobs for iPhone 4S 5.0.1 build 9A406 in addition to all previously supported iOS devices. It is highly likely that an untethered iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak for A5...

Rovio Mobile’s Ville Heijari has told AllThingsD that the total number of downloads for their three games i.e Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons and Angry Birds Rio, touched a whopping 6.5 million on Christmas Day setting a new record for the multi-platform smashing hit franchise. Even more interesting to note is that this number approximately equals the total number of smartphone...

According to some researchers at the University of British Columbia, text messaging leads people to be more deceitful when compared to other modes of communication. The study compares the level of deceit people are prepared to use in a variety of media, from text messages to face-to-face interactions. The study involved 170 students performing mock stock...

Ever since Smart Cases for Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 were revealed, it's just been a matter of time when Apple puts down the lawsuit hammer on the Korean manufacturer since just be looking at it, anybody could tell that the design was a total rip off of Apple’s iPad 2 Smart Covers. Even though Samsung claims that...

Here's a welcome addition to the series of iTunes-related enhancements we've been seeing lately from Apple i.e a 'Complete My Season Pass' for TV shows. Similar to the 'Complete My Album' feature for music, the pass allow users who have previously purchased individual tracks to upgrade to the full album at a discounted price. This is yet another...

SimplyTweet 3 is without a doubt one of the best Twitter clients for iPhone / iPod touch available in App Store and with features like configurable themes, customizable swipe-to-reveal menu and push notification support, some believe this is perhaps the most feature packed twitter client for iOS out there. It usually costs US $4.99 but for...

US. Luxury watchmaker Bulova has just released Bulova Time, an alarm clock and world time iPhone app with the accuracy of the atomic clock and the simplicity of the company’s first alarm clocks (via MarketWatch). The luxury iOS app has two main functions, an alarm and a world time display, which are both distinct from other...

@MuscleNerd of Dev Team has just announced yet another update to their famous jailbreak tool i.e Redsn0w 0.9.9 Beta 9. The latest beta brings native iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak support for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 3G / 4G and the original iPad. No support for iPhone 4S or iPad 2 yet. Once again, the jailbreak...

BBC has recently aired an hour-long documentary about Steve Jobs with on-camera interviews with Woz, Stephen Fry, Tim Berners-Lee, John Sculley and many others. The documentary examines how Steve Jobs propelled the company from his parents’ garage to global supremacy. Tristan Quinn, the producer of the documentary, says “Jobs was the kind of person that could convince...